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White one = Pure Sex.. that is what i want mine to look like one day.
Looking to import after summer and was worried that the FC\'s are dying out, clearly not!!!
mmm the white and black ones are awesome
That vert in the first 2 pics is pure sex :mmmm
ooh.. wonder what spec they are n how much they goin for...
i like the cab... =)
shame the yen to pound rate is such a joke atm! 137!!! i got almost 100 more yen to the pound this time last year!
now is definitely no time to import a car! for obvious exchange rate reasons and also ive been hearing of fairly big-medium export agencies going down the pan (certainly not somewhere id like to send my money to!)
bear in mind the US dollar rate is dropping right off as well (shipping calculated in USD) so your paying almost 100 more in shipping!
basically...a car that cost 480000Y back in January (£2400 FOB) when the rate was 200Y to the pound...would have cost about £3700 ish landed and cleared. Now that car will cost £5150 landed and cleared!! almost £1500 more!!!
Quote from: Prof;564639That vert in the first 2 pics is pure sex :mmmm
couldnt agree more. its the colour too :yes
richard
Quote from: Jit;564643shame the yen to pound rate is such a joke atm! 137!!! i got almost 100 more yen to the pound this time last year!
now is definitely no time to import a car! for obvious exchange rate reasons and also ive been hearing of fairly big-medium export agencies going down the pan (certainly not somewhere id like to send my money to!)
bear in mind the US dollar rate is dropping right off as well (shipping calculated in USD) so your paying almost 100 more in shipping!
basically...a car that cost 480000Y back in January (£2400 FOB) when the rate was 200Y to the pound...would have cost about £3700 ish landed and cleared. Now that car will cost £5150 landed and cleared!! almost £1500 more!!!
any idea if this will be getting better or worse and how long it will take? if imports are gunna cost that much i might have to go FD instead. Hardly seen any jap FC\'s for sale about :(
I think that\'s a "marble" type effect on the first motor, looks loverly!!!
Chris
Thing is though the prices of the cars in japan has gone down
Average prioce they are selling for is around £900, then all the shipping, customs etc on top
The marble vert at the top didnt sell, and have a starting price of £74 :2eek
Still quiet a few nice FC\'s in Japan, I nearly brought myself this the other month but as Jit has said, the exchange rate has plummeted and its just not worth it at the moment.
Quote from: NeilSR;564674Thing is though the prices of the cars in japan has gone down
Average prioce they are selling for is around £900, then all the shipping, customs etc on top
The marble vert at the top didnt sell, and have a starting price of £74 :2eek
damn, that sucks, i guess it didnt reach the reserve then? because buying that for £74 would have given the Duke a heart attack... curled up on the floor, drooling and muttering "chips, cheap as"
i love the cab !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so even if you bought it for £74 - how much would it have costed to get it to your front door ??
Where the hell can i get a wing like that that would fit my FC?. It\'s such a pain that there is so little room at the back for stuff like that.. Even if i could just get the brackets and buy the wing seperate.
i wanna know how i can buy that cab ???
trying to contact masha to see if its still for sale or not
Believe it didnt go through so just need to keep checking the auctions, tell him neil (stickmeup) spotted it
Tis nice isn\'t it :)
if it didnt go thru - is there any point in asking ??
Quote from: grinder;564679so even if you bought it for £74 - how much would it have costed to get it to your front door ??
Well, you\'d be looking about £600 - £700 shipping, then you\'d need to pick it up from the local dockyard and if it\'s been sat you have a daily rate for it sitting at the dock of the bay ;)
Then as it\'s over 10 years old, you need a fog light, then a MOT, then you can go to the DVLA and get it registered for about £50 IIRC plus 6 months tax.
Then wait for your plates and jobs a carrot.
I may have missed a couple of bits as it was a few years back when I last imported anything.
humm its not bad if the car is THAT cheap !! LOL
can you specify what dock it goes to - liverpool would be handy
can you legally drive it out the dock if its insured on the chassis number or do you have to get it moved on a low loader ?
Got to add customs charges, 10% tax and vat ontop of the initial pucrhase and shipping price - rough costs
purchase cost - £500
Shipping - £800
10% import duties £130
15% vat - £215
Release fees - £100
So roughly £1745 and then you have
mot
fog
any other work
registering - £50
Car tax
plates
No idea on driving it out, but providing its going straight to an mot test station and you have insurance, you may be covered, you would need to check that though
yes you can specify the dock, and when I said it hadnt gone through I just meant it hadnt been sold that all
My fc cost me around £2200 to get into the country and get all sorted and on the road
Sorry, totally forgot about the big costs... Tax!!!
So the (car cost + Shipping) + 10% duty + 15% VAT... They\'re the bits that really sting.
Plus that add the duty and VAT to the shipping as well, which makes no sense to me.
Quote from: NeilSR;564703yes you can specify the dock, and when I said it hadnt gone through I just meant it hadnt been sold that all
My fc cost me around £2200 to get into the country and get all sorted and on the road
Bloomin heck thats cheap for such a nice car matey :)
This thread gets a lad thinking...just need a bigger garage!!!
Chris
here\'s another vert in the marble colour, its american, but shows how nice the colour is!!:god
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RICHARD
i think i just had a sex wee ?!?!?! :D
Plenty of nice cars out there for cheap money
Just dont seem to be many purchasing or my import business would be going very well, lol
love the RE a wheels on the last one,would cost 2200 euro to clear that car here in ireland,you lads are very lucky in the uk
Quote from: Speedline Imports;564676Still quiet a few nice FC\'s in Japan, I nearly brought myself this the other month but as Jit has said, the exchange rate has plummeted and its just not worth it at the moment.
this car is now on the boat to ireland,fc,s are getting very very popular over here,some very modified ones here now,to anyone that is thinking of selling a fc all i say is dont under value it,a good one is rare,
The vert at the top is going back through the auctions today
along with these 2
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and this one due through on saturday
(http://www.mashamoto-auctions.co.uk/auction/28965481a__0x0.jpg)
^^^ that one is real nice
wow - thats some nice cars .. wonder where they all end up ???
be interesting to see what the top cab goes for
When everythings pics up again Im considering becoming an rx7 specialist, selling and breaking
is it not worth getting a few whilst they are cheap ??
omg stop tempting me!!!!
ha
anyone know what kit is on the blue one?
Hey Neil, can you drop me an email on mark [at] vzzbux [dot] com please? I\'m thinking about importing but wouldn\'t mind picking someone in the know\'s brain a wee bit if that\'s OK?
Cheers,
Mark
Blue FC is rather nice. Body kit looks like sexy style.
Quote from: NeilSR;566669When everythings pics up again Im considering becoming an rx7 specialist, selling and breaking
good luck with your new venture. hope all goes well.. though if u manage to find llots of tasty bits of fc / fd then you\'ll do well just on mrc =)
Kit on the blue one looks the same as mine, bnsports
hmm it looks slightly less ott, maybe its the angle.
just not a fan of rear skirts
Grinder, nothing is cheap at the moment. The £ has bottomed out, the euro is almost 1:1 and the yen is still gaining.
yeah i know what you mean Freddy
still always wondered where all the nice FC\'s end up though ??
I made sure I got one of them, lol
That blue one is the FC of FCs.. Shame about the lights!! Why do people do that?? One of the coolest things about FC\'s are the lights!
he should have done them like neils, they\'re the best
Blue one makes me consider going spoilerless!
yea it looks good from that angle, cant imagine it looking as good from behind though.
but im just not a fan of long skirts and no spoiler :P
(http://www.mashamoto-auctions.co.uk/auction/28965481b__0x0.jpg)
hmmm, you certainly have put me in a bit of a pickle !!!
hehehehe nice aint it
Quote from: grinder;564701humm its not bad if the car is THAT cheap !! LOL
can you specify what dock it goes to - liverpool would be handy
can you legally drive it out the dock if its insured on the chassis number or do you have to get it moved on a low loader ?
This is a grey area, I did this on my FD and got stopped twice by the Feds, each time I stated that DVLA says you can drive from the docks straight to your door if you have insurance, which I did. Think driving around for 200 miles without plates gave me away and I think next time I will not bother for the hassle it causes. Well I was pretty sure I could do that anyway, did read it myself somewhere on their site. Another thing about driving the car away is that you really dont know what has been done to it and it could have been sat for months in Japan and another Month travelling the seas. Most cars only go through the auctions because they have passed their sell by date in japan, good for FC\'s but not so good for the FD\'s as most come through needing a rebuild pretty soon after. Saying that its still a good place to pick some bargains up but at the rates at present its cheaper to buy within the UK and know what you are buying. My white FC for instance will get max probably £4500 at the right time, you would be lucky to buy a high grade FC from Japan given the taxes/shipping etc and the exchange rate for that much.
If you are going spoilerless you NEED to go window wiperless... in fact all FCs should remove the rear wiper.. I\'ve got some spare buttons if anyone needs to fill their hole? :)
Quote from: dthebuk;564661any idea if this will be getting better or worse and how long it will take? if imports are gunna cost that much i might have to go FD instead. Hardly seen any jap FC\'s for sale about :(
If Jit knew that he\'d be a millionaire betting on the fx spread :Giggle.
Though, the £ is dropping straight off the map atm, some analysts say it\'ll pick up in the 2nd quarter of 2009, some say 3rd, some say 4th- nobody really knows, the whole global situation isn\'t great.
I\'d stick to what\'s already here & landed, hell, the Euro is about to merc us too.
Quote from: S3TH;567167If Jit knew that he\'d be a millionaire betting on the fx spread :Giggle.
Though, the £ is dropping straight off the map atm, some analysts say it\'ll pick up in the 2nd quarter of 2009, some say 3rd, some say 4th- nobody really knows, the whole global situation isn\'t great.
I\'d stick to what\'s already here & landed, hell, the Euro is about to merc us too.
yea the problem is the fc\'s seem to be getting rarer. Im pretty sure there was only about 3 TII\'s for sale a while ago. Plus the Jap ones are likely to have less rust. Lets hope the pound picks up :D
There has always been plenty of nice fc\'s for sale in Japan. Just depends on the wedge of your wallet.
Quote from: Speedline Imports;564676Still quiet a few nice FC\'s in Japan, I nearly brought myself this the other month but as Jit has said, the exchange rate has plummeted and its just not worth it at the moment.
Oh yes this is my one now due to land next week in Ireland..
Thanks to flatout for guiding me here:Thumbsup!
i new you would find it mate,theres going to be some cool looking fc,s around our part of the world this summer,i am going starting work on my car again today,
Quote from: C-Rex;570460Oh yes this is my one now due to land next week in Ireland..
Thanks to flatout for guiding me here:Thumbsup!
Pictures once its landed please :)
Quote from: Speedline Imports;570493Pictures once its landed please :)
Yea man bought myself a Nikon D60 and all to get good pics of it, due to land tuesday but might be delayed by a day or two because of christmas:2Confused
flatout: Will be nice to see yours.. Hopefully make it down nest week.. McNamaras one is savage too:god
If its on the Asian King, its due to dock in Dublin on the 7th/8th so you should be able to collect it next Friday :) Very nice looking car, look forward to the pics!
WTF how do you know that:confused:
Yea tis the Asian King delayed by only one day so, not too bad:)
Have 12 days off work especially for collecting sorting out the car want to be there when its unloaded cause there is way too much in it that could be robbed:2Mad
Here\'s the sailing schedule. We have a few cars on the same ship, but obviously collecting from Southamton the following week.
http://www.yalogistics.co.uk/sailing-schedule.html
Quote from: Speedline Imports;570528Here\'s the sailing schedule. We have a few cars on the same ship, but obviously collecting from Southamton the following week.
http://www.yalogistics.co.uk/sailing-schedule.html
Cool man.. Used vessel tracker lads time when I imported my ae86 but its gone to ....e now couldnt get any info from it:rolleyes:
Thanks man:)